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The “Hayriders” entertained at Frontier Day in SoSo Park
Music, fun, food,
and games.
A lot of kids
enjoyed the
carnival while
the adults
listened to great
music at Frontier
Day.
T & T News
THURSDAY JULY 24, 2003
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VOL.18 NO,29( 936) 254-3618 FAX - 254-3206 -P.O. BOX 740, TIMPSON , TX 75975 (email ttnfreeh@netdot.com) P.O. BOX 256, TENAHA,TX 75974
Charter student of SFA, 70-
year Mason, educator, Herbert
Eakin of Timpson, dies at 91
Services for John Herbert
Eakin of Timpson were held
Monday, July 21, 2003 at 10
am in Corinth Missionary Bap-
tist Church in Timpson, with in-
terment in Corinth Cemetery.
Officiating were Rev. Mike
Fodge, Rev. James Williams,
and Father Jones Jayaraj.
Music was provided by Bonnie
Eakin and Bubba and Kathy
Carrington. Grandsons served
as pallbearers.
Mr. Eakin was born Octo-
ber 7, 1911 to Clem and Dee
(Courtney) Eakin in Shelby
County, where he has lived for
91 years. He attended
Wedgeworth and Timpson
Schools, graduating in 1930.
He was a charter student at
Stephen F. Austin State Uni-
versity in Nacogdoches and
HERBET EAKIN
received a Bachelor of Sci-
ence degree and a Masters of
Education.
His 43 years of teaching
began at Wedgeworth and
continued at Timpson Inde-
pendent School District until
Long time area educator remembered
"One who influenced many ”...
By Pat Crawford
The Corinth Missionary
Baptist Church was filled to
overflowing Monday as fam-
ily, friends, and former stu-
dents came to the Celebration
of Life for Mr. John Herbert
Eakin. The service was full of
laughter and tears as every-
one listened to the eulogies for
this much-loved man.
The service began with Mr.
Eakin’s daughter-in-law
Bonnie (Bootsie) Eakin’s
beautiful piano prelude. She
also led the congregation in
singing the first hymn, “Faith
of Our Fathers”. The Rever-
end James Williams, Corinth
church pastor, read the obitu-
ary and gave words of appre-
ciation to the Hospice Staff
who helped care for Mr.
Eakin. He then shared with
the congregations his memo-
ries of Mr. Eakin and how
much he loved his church.
Rev. Williams said that Mr.
Eakin had been a Sunday
school teacher for over fifty
years and that he was always
early for every service. Next,
Father Jones Jayaraj of the
Epiphany Catholic Mission
read scripture from I
Corinthians and delivered
words of comfort and assur-
ance to the family. Following
Father Jones, Mr. Eakin’s
grandson, Bubba Carrington
and his wife Kathryn played
and sang, “Daddy’s Hands”.
The next speaker, former
THS student, teacher, princi-
pal, and superintendent Mr.
Tommy Mack Hooper, talked
of his long association with Mr.
Eakin. Mr. Hooper said that
Mr. Eakin had been his
teacher, and Mr. Eakin had
been the high school principal
when he began teaching at
THS. He told those assembled
►► See Eakin pg. 2
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HOMECOMING
First Baptist Church of Timpson, Sun., Aug. 3,2003. Sun-
day School at 9:30 a.m. Church 10:45 a.m. Lunch at noon.
(No evening service). Calvary Boys of Tenaha in concert
at 2 p.m. Please RS VP to 936/254-2220 S -12 p.m. Mon-
Thurs.
GOSPEL SINGING
Caledonia Methodist Church. Sat., July 26, 6:30 p.m.
Crim Gospel Singers. Covered dish supper afterward
ATHLETIC PHYSICALS
Tenaha Physicals will be at the Field House from 12 Noon
to 4 p.m. August 1st. All incoming 7th, 9th & 11th grades
need to have physicals.
FREE CONCERT
KPG (Kingdom, Power & Glory), a dynamic young Chris-
tian rock band hailing from the Lufkin, Nacogdoches area
will perform at Praise Place Coffee Shop Friday, July 25th
at 7 p.m. Everyone who enjoys hearing the word of God
ministered through music should make plans to join us at
Praise Place this Friday evening. Praise Place, where cof-
fee, tea, and Salvation are always free. Located on the
Timpson Square. For more information, give Wayne or
Sherry a cal l at 254-9600. Come expecting a true worship
experience.
BOOKER T. WASHINGTON
ALUMNI RUN ION
Will be Fri., Sat.,& Sun., July 25, 26, and 27th. Friday-
singing and fish fry at Benford Chapel BC in Tenaha at
7:30 pm. Sat.- a parade around the Tenaha square at 2
pm and then a meeting at the Gazebo with speakers. Gos-
pel music to follow. Sat. night a banquet to be held at the
Tenaha HS cafeteria at 7:30. The speaker will be Ruthie
Latin. 11 am Sunday Worship will be held at St. John’s
BC. BTW shirts will be sold to benefit the scholarship
fund. For more information call 936-248-5221, 936-248-
3642, or 936-248-5804.
May 1976. World War II in-
terrupted his career. He was
called to serve his country as
a ship builder in Orange,
Texas. After the war, he
brought his family back to
Timpson.
He was a lifetime member
of Corinth Baptist Church,
teaching Sunday School for 50
years. He was also instrumen-
tal in developing the Timpson
Rural Water Supply and
served as a director of the
Board for 20 years.
Herbert belonged to the
Timpson Masonic Lodge #437
from 1934 until his death and
was presented with the Golden
Trowel Award in 1995. Thurs-
day night, July 17, 2003, he
was presented his 70 year
lodge membership pin.
He married Margaret
Prycer on December 24,1936
in Nacogdoches, and is sur-
vived by her and their six chil-
dren: John Prycer and wife
Bonnie Eakin of Lufkin;
►► See OBIT pg.8
FRONTIER DAY IN SOSO PARK— The kids had a great time as well as the
adults. These youngsters display smiles as they ride their stick horses across the
victory line. Photo by Zach Crawford
Tenaha civic leaders donate
baseball complex to the school
Correction & Apology
The Sheriff’s Report of
the last issue of the paper
had an error on the charges
filed against Lutricia Denier
Garett. The actual arrest
was for charges of Posses-
sion of Marijuana with a
$2000 bond; and violation of
probation with original
charges of credit card
abuse. The charge of por-
nography was in error and
we sincerely apologize to
her and her family for this
mistake. We appreciate Ms.
Garett’s graciousness, as
she said, “We all make mis-
takes”.
By Tom Reader
The Tenaha ISD Board met
in regular session Tues., July
15 with Chip Roberson open-
ing the meeting with prayer.
First agenda item was the ac-
ceptance of a gift from Mayor
George Bowers, Albert Burns
and JoAnn Anderson. These
three civic leaders donated the
baseball complex to the school
district for their use.
A handbook and budget
workshop was scheduled for
Aug. 5 at 5:30 p.m. The Crisis
Intervention Plan was ap-
proved and the 2003-2004 sub-
stitute teacher’s list was ac-
cepted.
The board members agreed
with the superintendent con-
cerning a lawsuit against the
state comptroller’s office. The
district is in disagreement with
appraised values in the area.
Board member Bo Morris
was elected as the TASB del-
egate with Ms. Hooker as the
alternate.
Clark Partin, Middle School
Principal, reported that they
are ready for school to begin.
Tom Jones, High School Prin-
cipal, submitted to the board a
cost factor for school books.
The High School has closed
off all the lockers and students
will have books at home and
in each room.
dent, asked the board for ap-
proval to allow the Calvary
Boys use the school for a Cal-
vary Boys Concert September
13th. The request was ap-
proved.
The District will have In-
Service August 11th through
the 15th and school will begin
the 18th. There will be a
county wide In-Service the
12th and 13 th.
One resignation was ac-
Mr. Weeks, Superinten- cepted and meeting adjourned.
Shady Grove in Gary
banquet set for August
City of Tenaha
joins 1-69 Alliance
By Tom Reader
The Tenaha City Council
met in regular session Mon-
day evening with Councilman
Albert Burns opening the
meeting with prayer.
First, Mayor George Bow-
ers discussed the 2003 mem-
bership in the Interstate 69
Alliance. Dues were approved
for the fiscal year.
The council approved
Norman L. White for the
2002-03 city audit. The In-
vestment Report for the quar-
ter was approved and the fi-
nancial report was submitted
for review.
City Secretary Doyce
Bailey submitted the minutes
of the last meeting which
were read and accepted. No
public comment or dept, head
reports.
Frontier Days 2003? A blast!
By Florence Reeh
What a day it was. The
parade began at the school
and went up the street and
around the square twice with
kids picking up candy and
yelling at the participants.
Joyce Moore coordinated the
parade with her usual bril-
liance. Horses, 4 wheelers,
bicycles, carts, buggy and
cars with queen candidates
atop. Even a long white limo!
Class plus.
Then on to SoSo Park,
beautiful, shady and filled to
capacity with carnival, booths,
BBQ cookoffs, food and
drink. There was plenty to
entertain you and the kids and
grandkids with rides, pie eat-
ing, dog show, sack race, mu-
sic and Marshal Walker being
dunked by a kid or two.
This is the second year for
the SoSo Park scene and it
worked well, even though the
weather was sweltering. No
one seemed to mind. We thank
you for coming. There were
folks from all over the county
and other places. Hurry back.
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""For we know that the
earthly tent that we live in
is destroyed, we have a
building from God, a
house not made with
hands, eternal in the
heavens. ”
2 Cor. 5:1
Once again it is time for the
Shady Grove Missionary Bap-
tist Church Building Fund 3rd
Heritage Banquet. The ban-
quet is to be held in the beau-
tiful new Texas Country Mu-
sic Hall of F ame and Tex Ritter
Museum located at 310 W.
Panola, in Carthage. The tick-
ets are priced at $25 each, a
table for 8 at $200. The date
selected is August 2, 2003 at
7 pm. For more information or
tickets, please contact Shady
Grove Missionary Baptist
Church in Gary, TX.
This year the speaker for
the banquet will be Sheryl
Johnson of St. Louis, Missouri.
Sheryl is the daughter of
Nathaniel Johnson of St.
Louis, and the late Cleopatra
Johnson. She is the grand-
daughter of Rev. and Mrs. T.J.
Ingram of Gary.
She has an extensive back-
ground in law, receiving her
Bachelor of Science in Politi-
cal Science in 1976, at which
time she was named to the
Dean’s List at Xavier Univer-
sity of Louisiana, and her Ju-
ris Doctorate from St. Louis
University School of Law in
1980.
She is currently employed
by the Law Offices of Robert
J. Hayes in St. Louis where
she defends insurance compa-
nies in worker's compensation
matters and handles settle-
ments, dispositions, negotia-
tions and trials. Her experi-
ence reaches into the St.
Louis City Counselor's office,
A Division of Worker's Com-
pensation as Associate Ad-
ministrative Law Judge, the
Equal Employment Opportu-
nity Commission, and the Pub-
lic Defender's office.
Ms. Johnson has conducted
SHERYL JOHNSON
seminars in Worker's Com-
pensation and preventive mea-
sures to the St. Louis Metro-
politan Police Department/
Department of Corrections for
police department and jail of-
ficials in the proper handling
of prisoners for avoidance of
State/Federal suits and han-
dling litigation in Federal court.
She is currently a Trustee
of the St. Louis Police Retire-
ment Pension Board since
1995; member of the Metro-
politan Bar Assoc, of St.
Louis; Mound City Bar
Assoc.; United Way-Volun-
teer of the Year Nominating
Committee; Mentor Program;
Washington University Judge,
1991 Wiley B. Rutledge Moot
Court Competition; Co-Chair
Person- Mound City Bar An-
nual Retreat Committee 1991
featuring TV Journalist Tony
►► See GARY pg. 2
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